Improvement in bottoms for



G. F. SAWYER.

BOTTOM FOR GOAL HOD.

No.181,013. Patented Aug.15, 1876.

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UNITED STATES T OFFICE IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTOMS FCRCOAL-HODS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18 I ,0 E 3, datedAugust 15, 1876 application filed December 31, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. SAWYER, of Albion, in the county ofOrleans and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements inBottoms for Ooal-Hods and other articles, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to a peculiar mode of fastening bottoms ontoeoal-hods and other articles; and consists in an inverted basinshapedbottom, (which may be stamped up from one piece of metal, or it may bemade from several pieces, forming the rim and bottom, or it may be madein castor malleable iron,) having several apertures in the rim, throughwhich projecting portions of the body of the bed are locked to securelyfasten the bottom and body together.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents the bottom and body of the hodbefore putting together. Fig. 2 represents the hod complete, with asection cut away to show the manner of locking the bottom in.

A is a bottom, consisting of the rim a ant bottom b. c c c are aperturesmade througl the rim to, the upper sides of which are a smell distancefrom, and parallel to, the bottom b B is the body of the 1101, havingthe lips 01 projections d d d of the proper size and shape to look intothe bottom, as shown at G in Fig. 2.

The advantages claimed for this bottom are, its cheapness, its strength,and the further advantage of having a circulation of air under thebottom through the apertures c c c. This is necessary, when the hod isused for conveying ashes or hot coals, to prevent burning the floor.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the bottom A, apertures c cc, lips d d d, and body B.

GEORGE F. SAWYER. Witnesses:

G120. M. HOPKINS, H. M. HOPKINS.

